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SAMIDHA PARAB

Milpitas,CA

Summary

Innovative and results-driven PMO Leader eager to leverage over 14 years of experience in program management to build PMOs, lead high-visibility programs and foster a culture of continuous innovation. Volunteered as Leadership Coach at Braven for SJSU University in Fall 2023. As a speaker presented on topic "Continuous Innovation Is a Step Toward Building a Next-Generation PMO" for 200+ attendees at PMI Global Summit in 2022. Honored with multiple appreciation, CIO Service Excellence and Asia Pacific Bravo awards.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Program Management Lead

NEXTracker
08.2023 - Current
  • Managing and coaching global team of Software Program Managers working across three continents for standardizing best-in class program management practices and tools across organization.
  • Improved NPS Score by 10 points by collaborating with Software, Cloud Infrastructure, Security and IT teams for building world class digital platform for customers.
  • Enhanced cycle time by 10% by coaching Agile PMO teams across three continents and implementing innovative processes and systems for improving team productivity.

Agile PMO Advisor

Self Employed
02.2023 - 07.2023

Accomplished 30% decrease in time to market for portfolio, programs, and releases by leading Agile transformation and establishing Agile/DevOps practices at DawnBIT.

Director of PMO

ParkourSC
04.2021 - 01.2023
  • Achieved 20% upsell on existing customer accounts and 25% growth in ARR by managing portfolio of strategic initiatives for product and infrastructure.
  • Improved delivery of prioritized work by 50%, by launching lean portfolio management practices for managing and prioritizing portfolio.
  • Improved time to market by 30% by streamlining processes and tools for inefficiencies identified across value streams using data analytics. Presented use case at PMI Global Summit in 2022.
  • Improved NPS by 20 points by launching innovative frameworks, processes and dashboards for Engineering, Customer Success and DevOps teams for achieving effective release planning and delivery.
  • Enhanced product quality and overall stability by 50% by leading automation, quality assurance, security and infrastructure initiatives.

Program Manager

Autodesk
11.2017 - 02.2021
  • Accomplished 38% reduction in TCO by spearheading complex Infrastructure initiatives such as Cloud migration for supporting digital transformation at Autodesk.
  • Improved Agile adoption by 50% and Time to Market by 40% by coaching and mentoring 60+ team members/10+ Scrum Masters on Agile frameworks and practices.

Program Manager (Contractor)

Cisco
04.2014 - 11.2017

Contributed towards $1M in annual savings and revenues for Infrastructure services by analyzing inefficiencies, generating pricing models for services and managing cross-functional programs using Agile practices.

Graduate Intern

EBay Inc
06.2012 - 08.2012

Achieved 30% of cost savings by developing robust strategy, roadmap, Preferred Vendor List (PVL) and RFI matrix for Ebay's Data Center assets (Compute, Storage and Network) with annual CAPEX of $200M and presented findings to CTO and VP of Ebay.

Package Solution Consultant

IBM
06.2007 - 07.2010

Delivered Supply Chain solutions for customers from Pharmaceutical and Utilities industries by building and managing dynamic team of high performing Engineers to deliver IBM MAXIMO (SaaS) product development projects.

Assistant System Engineer

TCS
10.2004 - 06.2007

Provided end to end Supply Chain solutions for customers from Construction, HVAC and Car Manufacturing industries by delivering IBM MAXIMO (SaaS) product development projects.

Education

MBA - Information Systems

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
05.2013

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Electronics And Telecommunications

University of Mumbai
Mumbai
05.2004

Skills

  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Waterfall/Agile/Scrum/Kanban
  • Agile/Digital Transformation
  • Data-driven Program Management
  • Product Release Management
  • Jira Advanced Roadmap, Aha! Roadmap, Jira Align, Praxie
  • Java, SQL

Certification

MIT Professional- No Code AI/ML

Prosci ADKAR Change Management

PMP, CSP-SM, CSPO

Leading SAFe 5.0, Scrum@Scale Practitioner

ITIL

Affiliations

PMI

Agile Alliance

Scrum Alliance

SheTo

Braven

Anita.B

Timeline

Software Program Management Lead

NEXTracker
08.2023 - Current

Agile PMO Advisor

Self Employed
02.2023 - 07.2023

Director of PMO

ParkourSC
04.2021 - 01.2023

Program Manager

Autodesk
11.2017 - 02.2021

Program Manager (Contractor)

Cisco
04.2014 - 11.2017

Graduate Intern

EBay Inc
06.2012 - 08.2012

Package Solution Consultant

IBM
06.2007 - 07.2010

Assistant System Engineer

TCS
10.2004 - 06.2007

MBA - Information Systems

San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Electronics And Telecommunications

University of Mumbai
SAMIDHA PARAB